[c-nsp] ISP in US

[Andy William]

I decided to go with Internet connection solution but based on your
experience as a customer what ISP should i select ?

 Level3 , Globalcrossing , Verizon , Sparkle , TATA  or FLAG?

thanks
Andy

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Scott Granados <gsgranados at comcast.net>wrote:

> I still like the heavy business jet solution.
>
> :)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy William" <awilliam1981 at gmail.com>
> To: "Daryl G. Jurbala" <daryl at introspect.net>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 2:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ISP in US
>
>
>   Daryl , so you recommed to get over-provisioned internet link and that
>> will
>> do the job without extra effor ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Daryl G. Jurbala <daryl at introspect.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>>  On Jul 30, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Andy William wrote:
>>>
>>>  Thx all and i will think about Gulfstream Daryl :)
>>>
>>> but i start to think about P2P connections like AT&T IPL (International
>>> Private Line) or ATM PVC between both sites , what do you think ? what is
>>> the estimated cost for 2M connection ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is also a very expensive way to go (if not just as expensive), and a
>>> lot of it depends on where your office is in the Middle East (to
>>> determine
>>> which carrier you will need to pay AT&T to buy their last few miles of
>>> transit through).
>>>
>>> I'm still not convinced that you need it - a 5 MB connection at each end
>>> with a VPN between the two and some sane QoS at each edge device ought to
>>> be
>>> more than enough.  I deliver thousands of simultaneous calls from the
>>> Middle
>>> East through 3 GB connections to 3 different ISPs at my colo in San
>>> Francisco.  No special agreements with anyone, the other sides of the
>>> calls
>>> originating from internet connections owned by our customers.  No real
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> So before signing any contracts, I would simply give it a shot right over
>>> the Internet.  You'll likely be pleased with the results.
>>>
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